Rhizosphere sampling techniques in sandy soils?

I need to sample soil around 2 m high shrubs - so no 'pullup the plant and shake of the soil' will work. These plants have taproot systems of 2m deep. My idea is to compare the microbes in the...

29 April 2019 8,556 3 View

Can I do a group search for metabolites associated with certain proteins?

I have a list of proteins and would like to know what metabolites are associated with each protein. I can manually run them through the human metabolome database, but it is time consuming. So I...

07 February 2019 5,013 2 View

Information on sediment loads in KZN rivers?

Although information on total annual sediment loads is available I have been unable to find information on how seddment loads are distributed throughout a typical hydrological year.

16 September 2018 1,013 3 View

How to settle clay particles in soil solution for Biolog Ecoplate?

I have claye soils that I want to use Biolog Ecoplates on. Can I use CaCl2 (1ml of 1M in 100 ml of 10% soil solution) to settle the soil? Or maybe centrifuge (5000 rpm for 1 min)? I do not want...

31 October 2017 9,482 1 View

Any reasons for low Vitamin A (palmitate) recoveries from Infant Milk Formula?

23 August 2016 2,849 5 View

Does anyone in the US have the HCC2157.3 breast carcinoma cell line?

Seeking advice.

23 May 2014 4,029 1 View

Need help in extracting DNA from ticks using Kapa Express extract kit?

To start of I am trying to isolate DNA from blood and ticks for the identification of the tick species and a parasite that is transmitted by the ticks, by running it through agarose gel, and a...

01 January 1970 1,451 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View